R&F Handmade Paints

The staff at R&F Handmade Paints would like to wish all of our friends and colleagues a happy, healthy and, most of all, creative New Year.

Rolling out the New Year at R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, New York

We will be taking a short holiday break starting December 31st, but we will be back to our regular schedule of operations beginning bright and early on Monday morning, January 4th, Two Thousand and TEN.

…and remember, don’t paint and drive.

We wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!

The R&F staff will be enjoying the holiday festivities, while getting in some  much needed studio time, starting tomorrow Thursday, December 24th. We will be back in the office on Monday, December 28th.

We are Encaustic Monotype Central here at R&F ever since recent Visiting Artist, Paula Roland came to town.

Paula currently has a beautiful show of illuminated encaustic monotypes in our gallery, which feels very much in keeping with the season of light.  The centerpiece of Poetics of Pattern is a large-scale wall installation called, Dissappearing, (shown below).  The piece is comprised of  hand cut monotypes that drape down in layers.  The effect is  like looking at spring ice; a delicate veil, teeming with life that is emanating from below.

Photo: Bernard Handzel Photography

Poetics of Pattern opened in conjunction with a special advanced workshop that Paula presented earlier this month.  Here is a little peek at Monotype and Beyond in action, where Paula demonstrates one of her top-secret techniques.

Photo: Danielle B. Correia

Our 2010 Workshop Schedule is now available.  We are excited to add new workshop locations, including the new Encaustic Art Institute in New Mexico, Penninsula Art School in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, and Seattle.  Our Visting Artist Series was such a hit this past year that we had to do it again - it is so much fun to have these wonderful artists come and spend time with us. The workshops are custom designed by each visiting artist, according to their own unique talents. This years’ line-up of artists includes figure painting with Francisco Benitez, oil stick painting with Charles Forsberg, and encaustic exploration with Cari Hernandez.  We have also added new one-day intensives that will focus on specific techniques.
Click here to view the full schedule.

Give the gift of a fabulous encaustic workshop and save!  R&F is offering a special 10% tuition discount for early registrants. To take advantage of this offer, just give us a call at (845) 331-3112, and say “I want the Early Registration Discount”. Please note that this offer is only good for workshops administered by R&F.  We have extended this discount from now until January 8th, 2010, so you don’t have to worry about signing up before the holiday rush.

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